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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Simmons in dual role on Italian finance deal

    Simmons & Simmons has landed a key role advising regular client Capitalia on the A2.5bn (£1.7bn) securitisation of its mortgage assets.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Linklaters scores $18bn IPO trio as Russia taps the market

    Linklaters underlines heavyweight Russian credentials with IPO mandate hat-trick

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Top Wall St lawyers join Spitzer finance group

    High-profile Wall Street lawyers Rodgin Cohen and Steve Cutler have both bagged places on a top-level panel put together by New York Governor Elliot Spitzer that will look to modernise Manhattan's financial services regulation. JP Morgan Chase general counsel Cutler and Sullivan & Cromwell chairman Cohen join a list of Manhattan business heavyweights on the committee, which is chaired by New York insurance superintendent Eric Dinallo.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Citi to move part of London legal team to Belfast arm

    Citi is to hive off a chunk of its London legal function to Belfast as the banking giant moves to implement its sweeping restructuring programme.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Connolly to take reins as Mayer Brown City chief

    Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw litigation partner Sean Connolly is set to replace Paul Maher as the new head of the Anglo-American giant's London arm.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Commentary: CC crusades to protect Middle Eastern interests

    The question now is how long until a top City firm drafts in one of its unalloyed corporate stars to Dubai.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Slaughters and Linklaters lead on $1.1bn Shire convertible bond deal

    Linklaters and Slaughter and May have acted on a $1.1bn (£555m) convertible bond issue by the UK's third-largest drugmaker, Shire.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Corporate Counsel: A winning formula

    Building and retaining a winning legal team is getting tougher as private practice pushes up competition for the best recruits. Delegates at this month's Legal Week Corporate Counsel Forum addressed the issue. Michelle Madsen reports

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    A very long Citi break

    Much has been made of late of the desire of the banking community to recruit lawyers from private practice but the ongoing restructuring at Citi is a reminder…

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  • May 17, 2007 |

    Bristol: Going Places

    With more big-ticket work heading its way, Bristol is far from being a 'two firm town' writes Andrew Curtis

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